21 Nov 1942
- Colonel General Eberhard von Mackensen replaced Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist as the commander of the German 1.Panzerarmee. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Philip was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Philip | CPC]
- Soviet destroyer Sokrushitelny, which was disabled on the previous day after a severe storm tore off its stem, sank. The skeleton crew of 16 men which remained aboard was lost. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Norwegian Sea | CPC]
- USS Ranger arrived at Port Royal Bay, Bermuda. ww2dbase [Ranger | Port Royal Bay | DS]
- Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura met with the staff of the Combined Fleet at Truk, Caroline Islands and decided to give up Buna, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | Truk | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Former South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog died in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa, aged 76. ww2dbase [Pretoria, Gauteng | AC]
- German Paratroop Engineer Battalion "Witzig" and Italian 1st Paratroop Battalion attacked British troops near Djebel Abjod, Tunisia; initially successful, they suffered heavy casualties when the British counterattacked later in the day. ww2dbase [Advance into Tunisia | Djebel Abjod | CPC]
- Alamogordo Army Air Field near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States was named a Second Air Force installation. ww2dbase [Alamogordo Army Air Field | Alamogordo, New Mexico | CPC]
- Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue arrived at North Island, San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Bogue | San Diego, California | DS]
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